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06-05-2007, 11:21 AM
So I dont have the privlage too do reviews apparently!! Must be coz I carnt spell.LoL.
So for the benifit of Newbee's here it is.
ARTF = almost ready to fly.
Now in this day and age we are all strapped for time,or just want to get in the air sooner(me included).So Ive allready Built,flowen,converted and smashed one of these befor!! Let me tell you It flys like a dream,but it is not a compleat novice glider.Its a aerobatic slope trainer.
This is why. Firstly Its only 1.32 meter span,generaly the bigger the better for beginers,and this is quite a small glider.Secondly its an aileron trainer which means it doesnt use the rudder to turn(which is better for the newbee as the turns are quite slow),it uses control surfaces on the wings to steer,and they will have your glider upside down in no time.
Now the reason its called a trainer is because it has a flat botom wing,this produces alot of lift the right way up,but not so much inverted.
Ill quickly go into my previous experiance with this glider befor I get into the new edition.
COYOTE #1, I think it was $80 or $90 last time( I got this one for $70) got it home and relized It needed mini servos,didnt have them at that time so I shoe horned in standard size servos.Unfortunatly I had to shave down the wing joining dihedral brace to get the steering servo in the wing,This would later contribute too its demise. With it built and ready too fly I wandered out too my dads Ultralight airstrip and piffed it in the air,I had alot more control surface throw than recomended in the instruction's,mainly because I am not a novice and wanted lightning fast responce from the sticks so I could do fast rolls and tight loops.They shore were fast and tight as I found out when I got to the hill on my grandfathers farm.Loved how it flew,Fast if need be ,yet had a fairly slow stall speed even though the wing loading was up with the standard radio gear.Soon I required the need for speed and the need for power.
So back at the drawing board the first tool I used was a band saw!!! And lopped off the nose cone,then installed a 540 size motor and stick pack with a fuse and an on/off switch.Back out the airstrip I went. Well what a rocket,easly as fast as some of my other nitro planes,and a performer too boot.She lasted like this for months untill one day at full speed I pulled back on the stick too hard and the wings folded where I modded the dehedral brace,plummeted 100 m into the deck with the motor still at full tilt,Needless to say I didnt bother fixing it as it hit that hard it snaped the prop and bent the motor shaft,It takes allot to bend a 3mm shaft that is only a cm long and the rest is lobbed into a Van I use as a RC MASS GRAVE SIGHT.
Ill get some one to put up pickys as I go allong with the build of #2. !evil
So for the benifit of Newbee's here it is.
ARTF = almost ready to fly.
Now in this day and age we are all strapped for time,or just want to get in the air sooner(me included).So Ive allready Built,flowen,converted and smashed one of these befor!! Let me tell you It flys like a dream,but it is not a compleat novice glider.Its a aerobatic slope trainer.
This is why. Firstly Its only 1.32 meter span,generaly the bigger the better for beginers,and this is quite a small glider.Secondly its an aileron trainer which means it doesnt use the rudder to turn(which is better for the newbee as the turns are quite slow),it uses control surfaces on the wings to steer,and they will have your glider upside down in no time.
Now the reason its called a trainer is because it has a flat botom wing,this produces alot of lift the right way up,but not so much inverted.
Ill quickly go into my previous experiance with this glider befor I get into the new edition.
COYOTE #1, I think it was $80 or $90 last time( I got this one for $70) got it home and relized It needed mini servos,didnt have them at that time so I shoe horned in standard size servos.Unfortunatly I had to shave down the wing joining dihedral brace to get the steering servo in the wing,This would later contribute too its demise. With it built and ready too fly I wandered out too my dads Ultralight airstrip and piffed it in the air,I had alot more control surface throw than recomended in the instruction's,mainly because I am not a novice and wanted lightning fast responce from the sticks so I could do fast rolls and tight loops.They shore were fast and tight as I found out when I got to the hill on my grandfathers farm.Loved how it flew,Fast if need be ,yet had a fairly slow stall speed even though the wing loading was up with the standard radio gear.Soon I required the need for speed and the need for power.
So back at the drawing board the first tool I used was a band saw!!! And lopped off the nose cone,then installed a 540 size motor and stick pack with a fuse and an on/off switch.Back out the airstrip I went. Well what a rocket,easly as fast as some of my other nitro planes,and a performer too boot.She lasted like this for months untill one day at full speed I pulled back on the stick too hard and the wings folded where I modded the dehedral brace,plummeted 100 m into the deck with the motor still at full tilt,Needless to say I didnt bother fixing it as it hit that hard it snaped the prop and bent the motor shaft,It takes allot to bend a 3mm shaft that is only a cm long and the rest is lobbed into a Van I use as a RC MASS GRAVE SIGHT.
Ill get some one to put up pickys as I go allong with the build of #2. !evil